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Non-Invertible Symmetries in 6d from Green-Schwarz Automorphisms

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-11-15 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons Category Theory

Abstract

We construct non-invertible symmetries in 6d N=(2,0)\mathcal{N}=(2,0) superconformal field theories that arise from Green-Schwarz (GS) automorphisms, which form abelian or non-abelian groups. Applied to Z2\mathbb{Z}_2, Z3\mathbb{Z}_3 and S3S_3 GS automorphisms, gives rise to non-invertible duality, triality and S3S_3-ality defects, respectively, once combined with stacking symmetry protected topological phases (SPTs) and gauging 2-form symmetries. We derive the defects and their fusion rules from two distinct perspectives: from half-space gauging as well as from the Symmetry Topological Field Theory (SymTFT). This is the first concrete construction of symmetry defects in 6d forming a fusion 5-category whose fusions are intrinsically non-invertible and non-abelian.

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@article{arxiv.2411.09674,
  title  = {Non-Invertible Symmetries in 6d from Green-Schwarz Automorphisms},
  author = {Fabio Apruzzi and Sakura Schafer-Nameki and Alison Warman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.09674},
  year   = {2024}
}

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40 pages + appendices